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• Sudan: Darfur police raid victims shun being air lifted to safety
  2008-08-27 01:40:18 - (SomaliNet) A day after Sudanese government forces raided Kalma camp, killing about 49 people, victims of Sudanese military police raids in a displaced persons camp in Darfur have resisted efforts to
  
• Sudan: Sudanese passenger plane hijacked after leaving war-torn Darfur
  2008-08-27 01:29:03 - (SomaliNet) After leaving Sudan’s war-torn Darfur, a Sudanese passenger plane was hijacked on Tuesday and has been forced to land in Libya, Arab media and Libyan authorities said. Some 87 passen
  
• Sudan: Sudanese plane hijackers demand plane refuelled to fly to Paris
  2008-08-27 00:41:56 - (SomaliNet) Libya\'s state news agency Jana said on Wednesday, quoting the head of the airport at Kufrah said hijackers who forced a Sudanese plane to land in Libya have demanded that it be refuelled s
  
• Uganda: Thieves rob Ugandan children\'s choir in U.S
  2008-08-26 02:42:36 - (SomaliNet) Members of a Ugandan children\'s choir travelling in the United States had two laptops, video equipment and a passport stolen from a tour van in Chicago. Co-ordinator of the SIFA Afric
  
• Uganda: Two South Africans detained in Uganda still undergoing questioning
  2008-08-26 02:39:06 - (SomaliNet) South Africa’s department of foreign affairs said on Monday that two South Africans detained in Uganda were still undergoing questioning and had not had any charges put to them. South
  
• Ethiopia: 3 killed, thousands displaced by flooding in Gambella region
  2008-08-26 01:33:51 - (SomaliNet) At least three people were killed and thousands displaced by flooding in Ethiopia\'s western Gambella region, an official said on Monday. \"Flash floods following heavy rains for nearly
  
• Sudan: Over 80 killed as troops attack Darfur camp
  2008-08-26 01:15:54 - (SomaliNet) At least 86 people were killed when Sudanese troops attacked the largest displaced camp located in South Darfur on Monday. Some 86 people were killed and 221 wounded, an IDP represent
  
• Tanzania: Comoros President to address Tanzania’s National Assembly
  2008-08-25 06:06:04 - (SomaliNet) As Tanzania’s parliament resumes its business after the weekend recess, President of the Comoros Mohammed Abdallah Sambi will address the house today Monday. The Comoros leader will
  
• Tanzania set to join Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC)
  2008-08-25 06:00:28 - (SomaliNet) The Tanzanian government said Sunday that there is no harm in Tanzania joining the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC). Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and International
  
• Tanzania targeting 600,000 local tourists over next two years
  2008-08-25 05:55:33 - (SomaliNet) In what would represent a significant increase from the current 400,000 tourists a year, Tanzania is targeting 600,000 local tourists over the next two years. Shamsa Mwangunga, Tanzan
  

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